diff --git a/base/musl/parse-config-9 b/base/musl/parse-config-9
index dee920cae..8005060e8 100644
--- a/base/musl/parse-config-9
+++ b/base/musl/parse-config-9
@@ -198,8 +198,6 @@ if [ "$SDECFG_LIBC" == "musl" ]; then
 
 	# same package translations to look for patches
 	case "$pkg" in
-		linux*|linux-header)
-			pkg_musl_pkg=linux ;;
 		*)
 			pkg_musl_pkg=${pkg} ;;
 	esac